Aftershocks rocked China again
May 28th, 2008 | Category:Breaking News, World NewsTwo aftershocks struck China on Tuesday in which 63 people injured more than 4,20,000 homes collapsed. The aftershocks struck the southwest town of Qingchuan in Sichuan Province & neighboring Ningqiang in Shaanxi Province.
In total, authorities reported four aftershocks in the area Tuesday, all of them above 4.5 magnitude. The two recent aftershocks at 5.4 & 5.7 magnitudes, citing the China National Seismological Network. The U.S. Geological Survey said that they measured 4.5 & 5.0 magnitude. The earlier aftershocks registered at magnitude 5.2 & 5.5.
The aftershocks rattled the area as authorities were evacuating thousands of people in Sichuan province Tuesday so they could blast a potentially dangerous lake created by landslides from this month’s earthquake.
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